’62 Center for Theatre and Dance
Williamstown
Hosting theater and dance performances year-round while the college is in session.
Theatre & Dance
Playwrights cross the country to write in local coffee shops. Tony award-winning actors join in community celebrations — Blythe Danner, Lewis Black, Justin Long and Sam Rockwell are regulars. Theatre and dance excels in the Berkshires.
- In summer, Williamstown Theatre Festival brings stars to town. Alongside mainstage plays, actors sing at late night cabarets and launch edgy premieres that often appear off-Broadway.
- MASS MoCA and Williams College host rare glimpses of new work and The Clark screens the London National Theatre in HD.
- Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival brings internationally ranked artists to its campus.
Theatre and dance residencies, creative labs, and collaborations make these hills a creative center and a meeting place for performance of all kinds.
Barrington Stage Company
Pittsfield
Twenty miles south in Pittsfield, Barrington Stage Company fills two stages from June to August and into the Fall.
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Williamstown
WTF brings award winning actors and veterans of television and film to perform in a series of plays, comedies, dramas, musicals, classics and new work.
Adams Theater
Adams
Adams Theater is under development to become an inclusive, affordable, and interdisciplinary Performing Arts Center.
Berkshire Theatre Group
Pittsfield
Berkshire Theatre Group runs two stages, The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, and the Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge.
Bennington Performing Arts Center
Bennington
Home to two theatre companies and offering classes and lecture series.
The Colonial Theater
Pittsfield
The Colonial Theater is the year-round Pittsfield location of The Berkshire Theatre Group.
Greylock Opera Collective
North Adams
Greylock Opera Collective is an arts organization dedicated to producing and promoting opera and musical theatre.
Jacob’s Pillow
Becket
Jacob’s Pillow is lauded worldwide as “the dance center of the nation” (The New York Times).
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Great Barrington
The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center presents live performances, film, and cultural events year-round.
Oldcastle Theatre Company
Bennington
One of the longest running professional theatre companies in America.
Shakespeare & Company
Lenox
Embracing the classical ideals and visceral experience of Shakespeare’s work.
WAM Theatre
Lenox
“Where Art and Activism Meet” WAM creates opportunities for women and girls through their mission of theatre as philanthropy.